NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 389 



Prof. 0. A. L. Morch, 1 Geo. W. Tryon, Jr., 8 



Wm. M. Gabb, 7 Dr. James Lewis, 5 



Wm. Harper Pease, 3 T. A. Conrad, 4 



Dr. J. G. Cooper, 2 S. R. Roberts, 2 



Prof. S. S. Haldeman, 1 Thomas Bland, 1 



Dr. P. P. Carpenter, 1 

 The following amendment to the By-Laws was adopted, adding to Art. X of 

 Chap. XII the words " or of the Academy ;" so as to read : " The actual date 

 of publication of any issue of the ' Journal ' shall be determined by the pub- 

 lished record of its presentation at a meeting of the Section or of the Academy," 

 Respectfully submitted, 



S. R. Roberts, Recorder. 



List of Members elected during 1868. — Mrs. Lucy W. Say, Dr. F. A. Hassler. 



Correspondents. — G. B. Sowerby (elected in 1867), London ; Rev. E. Johnson^ 

 Waioli, S. I. (deceased) ; Col. E. Jewett, Utica, N. Y. ; Dr. Ferd. Stoliczka, 

 Calcutta ; Ralph Tate, London. 



KEPORT OF THE SECBETARY. 



To the Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia : 



The Secretary would respectfully report that letters have been received as 

 follows, since the last annual meeting, viz. : 



Dec. 31, 1867. — Alpheus Hyatt, Salem, Mass., in acknowledgement of elec- 

 tion as correspondent. 



Feb. 4th, 1868. — Dr. 0. A. L. Morch, Copenhagen, acknowledgement of elec- 

 tion. 



Feb. Ath, 1868. — Jabez Hogg, London, with publications forwarded. 



April 20th, 1868.— Robt. Dinwiddle, New York. Letter of thanks. 



May loth. — G. Nevill, Calcutta. Offering an exchange of specimens. 



May 15th. — Prof. S. L. Abbott, Boston. Letter of thanks. 



May 26th. — Prof. Jos. Henry, Smithsonian. Letter of acknowledgement. 



June I3th. — Prof. S. F. Baird, S. I. Letter of thanks. 



July 17th. — Dr. 0. A. L. Morch, Copenhagen. Letter of thanks. 



Oct. loth. — Dr. Ferd. Krauss, Stuttgardt. Letter of thanks. 



Letters have been written as follows, viz. : 



April 3d. — To Edmund Draper, Thomas Sparks, and G. W. Fahnestock, of 

 Philadelphia, tendering the thanks of the Section for subscriptions towards the 

 purchase of specimens. 



To Geo. Davidson, Germantown, for a fine suite of shells from Alaska. 



August nth. — To Jabez Hogg, London, requesting an exchange of publica- 

 tions. 



To G. Nevill, Calcutta, accepting proposals for an exchange, 



Nov. 2d. — To Dr. E. Von Martens, Berlin. 



To M. F. de Malgive, Bruxelles. 



To Capt. J. Mitchell, Madras. 



To M. Tasle, Pere, Varennes, France. 



To Baron de^Castello de Paiva, Lisbon. 



To M. L. de Folin, Havre. 



To M. Jules Chiron, Paris. 



To Dr. Leopold Von Schenck, St. Petersburg, desiring an exchange of publi- 

 cations. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



E. R. Beadle, Scc'y. 



Dec. 3d, 1868. 



1868,] 



